Maddox is suspected of hiding on the roof of a restaurant across the street from the Zesto diner on Moreland Avenue and firing at Toomer from approximately 70 feet. Toomer was shot in the leg and is recovering at home. No one else was hurt, but four civilians were in the line of fire, which resulted in Maddox receiving five counts of aggravated assault.

An Atlanta police investigator swore to a judge that Maddox used a .40 caliber semi-automatic handgun to shoot Toomer, but Maddox seemed confused about the weapon at his first court appearance Monday.

“What is a Tauraus .40-caliber handgun? That's the same weapon that was used in the assaulting the police officer? It's all the same weapon? On these charges?,” inquired Maddox, who was also slow to respond when a deputy needed his signature on an electronic pad.

But witnesses said they did recall hearing several shots just after 10:30 on the night of the sniper-style shooting.

"I think I heard seven, six or seven, just pop-pop-pop-pop. It wasn't just a couple. It was a lot," one witness told Channel 2's Tony Thomas.

Oglethorpe officials released a statement Monday, in part, saying: "The student in question is no longer enrolled in classes or a resident of the campus. We are cooperating fully with the Atlanta Police Department in their investigation."